Her Cultivation Diary-Chapter 183 - Teacher Xin and the Honest Man_1
Chapter 183: Teacher Xin and the Honest Man_1
Chapter 183: Teacher Xin and the Honest Man_1
This wasn’t Xin Jun’s first time in Yun City.
He had studied at the Normal University in Huacheng, while Wa Qianqian had been attending the Huacheng College within their normal school. They had met by accident and gradually started dating.
In any case, after a year and a half of dating, they had now broken up. He sighed at the high-speed rail station and stopped thinking about it.
He just took a photo of Yun City’s high-speed rail station sign and then posted it to his Moments.
The main purpose was to emphasize to his mother that he wasn’t lying, that he truly came to engage in in-depth interactions (having tutored at someone’s home should count as in-depth, right?), and after that, he placed an order.
Song Tan had already arrived at the entrance of the high-speed rail station early on.
Qiaoqiao wasn’t easy to please in finding a suitable teacher, especially since this client’s family was wealthy. Presumably, they shouldn’t care too much about money, right? They should be willing to spend it, shouldn’t they?
So, she had to make sure to convince him to stay!
Thus, when the two sides met for the first time, everyone had their desires, and both acted modestly and enthused. They both had quite fitting opinions of one another.
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Little did he know that the photo he posted on Moments was quickly screenshotted and then circulated to Wa Qianqian:
[Qianqian, your charm is really something. It’s been a month since the breakup, and look, Xin Jun has come back to you.]
Wa Qianqian became irritable for a while after the breakup. Now, upon opening the message and taking a closer look, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, followed by a growing sense of anger:
[This jerk, I deleted him when we broke up, what does it have to do with me if he comes to Yun City?]
[Besides, he is from the countryside, and it’s not like it’s forbidden to mention that. Am I supposed to tiptoe around his feelings for the rest of my life?]
While trying to be helpful with a simple reminder, she had received quite an earful in response, so she felt displeased as well.
She thought, why are you telling me all this? It’s true that he’s from the countryside, but that doesn’t mean he likes being belittled constantly, does it?
The “plastic sisters” parted on bad terms.
When she got home, Qianqian pulled out another phone to refresh her Moments – this was the account she had used to add Xin Jun on WeChat as a precaution during their relationship, just in case he did something deceitful visible only to his girlfriend.
She had been observing it in real time, and now, upon refreshing, she indeed saw that Xin Jun’s location showed he was at Yun City’s high-speed rail station.
She felt a bit of joy in her heart, but even more so a sense of triumph.
She even pretended to reveal it casually to her parents:
“Mom and Dad, what do you think? If his family wasn’t from the countryside and it wasn’t difficult for him to find a wife, why would he try so hard to win me back? I don’t care about his money, I just want him to be obedient in the future.”
Wa Qianqian’s mother was still upset that her daughter had been picked over by someone from the countryside. She snorted, “If he really comes back to beg for a reunion, you better handle it properly, otherwise you’ll definitely be bullied later on.”
Wa Qianqian nodded, knowing she couldn’t take the initiative herself.
So, she held her horses, waiting to see what Xin Jun would use to win her back—gifts? An apology first? Or a personal visit to her house?
She considered many possibilities, but never did it cross her mind that at this very moment, Xin Jun was sitting in Song Tan’s Little Pika, feeling relaxed and content.
Really, helping out at home recently, he had been running around so much his legs were getting thinner!
And his mother even refused to pay a salary (this was the key point)!
Moreover, with the family business keeping his parents so busy, could he really sit around and rest?
The dual pressure of mental and physical labor made him feel quite at ease even in a beat-up little car.
Song Tan barely remembered him as Wa Qianqian’s boyfriend—Wa Qianqian was so protective that Xin Jun had only appeared in front of her once, merely as a backdrop.
All she had noticed was that the man had a decent appearance, bright eyes, and was decisive and straightforward in his actions… In her heart, she was basically satisfied.
It’s just that…
“Teacher Xin, my family’s house is just an old building in the village, built many years ago. I can assure you, it’s clean and tidy, but it might still seem a bit old to you.”
Teacher Xin didn’t take it seriously at all and instead asked, “Can it be worse than the university dorms?”
Huacheng Normal University is an old university, and the dormitory buildings haven’t changed in decades, eight people sharing one room, and not even air conditioning!
Those days—
Now that Xin Jun thinks about it, he doesn’t even know how he made it through.
Song Tan was also reminded of some distant memories by his words, vaguely recalling that she too had good friends when she was in university. It’s just that after working, they scattered all over the place and the affection faded.
She nodded, “Then it’s definitely better than the dorms.”
“The walls were only painted white last year, and the wooden beds are covered with felt and padding. If you’re not used to it, I’ll pick up a mattress on the way back.”
“The quilt is made of cotton, and though there isn’t air conditioning now, we can install it in the summer.”
“We have Wi-Fi at home.”
Teacher Xin smiled, “And what about the desk and chair?”
Song Tan almost forgot that indeed!
Where in the house was there a special desk? Everyone was using the table in the bedroom for writing and calculations.
She turned the steering wheel:
“What’s missing? Let’s head straight to the furniture mall.”
Although Xin Jun had never officially been a teacher at a school, he had done tutoring part-time when he was a student. Now, he took out the notes he had prepared on the high-speed train:
“It’s not just the desk and chair. You have a computer at home, right? Then we need to stock up on paper and pens in advance. Pinyin worksheets, square-character grids, pencils, erasers…”
Song Tan really had forgotten about this.
“Alright, let’s buy the furniture first, then head to the stationery store.”
Xin Jun nodded, “That’s even better. I can pick out some books and textbooks too. I should be able to get reimbursed for this, right?”
Speaking of this, Song Tan hurriedly asked, “Teacher Xin, about the salary…”
After all, she wasn’t yet at the point where she could afford to spend money carelessly.
Xin Jun wasn’t completely deceiving his mother either, coming here he did indeed have the intention of arranging a vegetable supply deal.
But who starts with business talk right off the bat? That hurts feelings!
After he got to know Qiaoqiao well, it would all become natural, and with acquaintances, there’s no need to talk business like that!
So he appeared both low-key and humble:
“Didn’t you say Qiaoqiao is still learning to cook with the chef? She can probably spare at most four hours a day for studying, right? So the workload for me isn’t very heavy. Plus, you’re providing me with room and board. How about five thousand a month, does that work for you?”
There’s no social insurance, no future to speak of, and it’s in the countryside… five thousand really is a conscience price. So much so that Song Tan felt a bit embarrassed:
“Isn’t five thousand a bit too little?”
Xin Jun then smiled sunnily and sincerely, “After all, I don’t have teaching experience, do I?”
Song Tan promptly promised, “Teacher Xin, rest assured, our family’s chef used to prepare feasts for the village. He’s known far and wide for his skills, and he absolutely won’t disappoint you!”
“And the area where we live is so beautiful, with clear waters and green mountains. Fishing, hiking, picking tea, raising chickens, pulling weeds, feeding pigs… it’s all very interesting, you definitely won’t be bored.”
That was true, not boring, just tiring.
They looked at each other and both felt that the other was very straightforward, and at that moment, their cooperation was tentatively established.
